REVIEW: The Clone Wars: Front Runners

In “Front Runners,” the character dynamics from “A War On Two Fronts” continue to be developed. Saw’s and Lux’s interactions remain a bit testy, with Lux succeeding at taking out a droid and Saw pushing him around. Saw and Steela also show some sibling rivalry, which comes to a head at the end of the episode. His line “I was gonna do that” sounded sincerely brotherly. Steela throws the gauntlet down by calling Lux “handsome”, and again I’m struck by the apparent age difference between the two. Even if he is a few years older than Ahsoka, it still feels a little awkward to have an adult ogling a teen. Ahsoka and Anakin get their own little side story as he tells her that he knows what it’s like to lose focus – code word for “want to be in a relationship with someone” – during wartime. Obi-Wan, standing right next to him, doesn’t comment.

Megan’s full review discusses much more about the characters and their interactions in this episode.

Tricia Barr took her understanding of brand management and marketing, mixed it with a love of genre storytelling, and added a dash of social media flare to create FANgirl Blog, where she discusses Star Wars, fandom, and the intersection of women within Star Wars fandom. She is co-author of Ultimate Star Wars and Star Wars Visual Encyclopedia from DK Publishing, a featured writer for Star Wars Insider magazine with numerous articles on the Hero's Journey. Her FANgirl opinions can be heard on the podcasts Hyperspace Theories and Fangirls Going Rogue.

Tricia Barr's novel, Wynde, won the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Ebook. She was also part of Silence in the Library's successful all-female creator science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters, which is available now. For excerpts and tales of her adventures in creating a fictional universe, hop over to TriciaBarr.com.

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Tricia Barr took her understanding of brand management and marketing, mixed it with a love of genre storytelling, and added a dash of social media flare to create FANgirl Blog, where she discusses Star Wars, fandom, and the intersection of women within Star Wars fandom. She is co-author of Ultimate Star Wars and Star Wars Visual Encyclopedia from DK Publishing, a featured writer for Star Wars Insider magazine with numerous articles on the Hero's Journey. Her FANgirl opinions can be heard on the podcasts Hyperspace Theories and Fangirls Going Rogue.
Tricia Barr's novel, Wynde, won the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Ebook. She was also part of Silence in the Library's successful all-female creator science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters, which is available now. For excerpts and tales of her adventures in creating a fictional universe, hop over to TriciaBarr.com.